A great source of untapped recruiting wisdom is from former Long Island players who have finished college. These young adults have all the experience of college and are still young enough to relate to today’s junior players. I asked two Long Island-bred college graduates some recruiting questions and tapped on their wisdom. Our panel for…
Dillon Pottish grew up in East Quogue, N.Y., a small coastal community on the south shore of Long Island’s East End. As a youngster, his parents encouraged him to play every sport, but he developed a liking for two in particular, tennis and baseball. Knowing that both sports are played in the spring season for…
A great source of information for prospective college tennis-playing freshmen are the people who have gone through their college tennis years. We took four Long Island raised student/athletes who just finished their first year of college and asked them to give us some insight on college tennis and what, if anything, was different than they…
For the second consecutive year, Lauren Embree was involved in the decision in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships final and the Gator All-American delivered in the end. Embree defeated McCall Jones, 6-4, 6-0, and Florida defeated top-seeded UCLA, 4-0, at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The 2012 national title match wasn’t as drama-filled as Florida’s 2011 championship when…
"Back in the day,” people were never home-schooled to play tennis. Back a “half-day ago,” it was done by a select few who had a slightly reasonable chance to make a living as a professional tennis player. It was considered putting all of your eggs in one basket. But what about today? Home schooling is…
"Back in the day,” people were never home-schooled to play tennis. Back a “half-day ago,” it was done by a select few who had a slightly reasonable chance to make a living as a professional tennis player. It was considered putting all of your eggs in one basket. But what about today? Home schooling is…
After inclement weather not only moved Sunday’s Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship match out of Cary, N.C., and indoors to Wake Forest’s indoor tennis complex, Duke rallied back from a lost doubles point to win four singles matches, defeat rival North Carolina, 4-2, and claim its 17th ACC title in program history. "Even after we…
After inclement weather not only moved Sunday’s Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship match out of Cary, N.C., and indoors to Wake Forest’s indoor tennis complex, Duke rallied back from a lost doubles point to win four singles matches, defeat rival North Carolina, 4-2, and claim its 17th ACC title in program history. "Even after we…
The USTA has announced that co-ed intramural and sport club tennis teams representing 64 colleges and universities across the country have qualified for the 2012 USTA Tennis On Campus National Championship to be played in Cary, N.C., April 12-14. Six schools will be making their debut at the National Championship and the field also includes defending…
The evening of March 24th brought fun for the whole family to the Eastern Athletic Club in Blue Point, N.Y. as the Stony Brook University Family Fun Fest and Fundraiser was held where members of the Stony Brook University Seawolves men’s and women’s tennis teams were on hand to provide lessons, instructional drills and play…